Bewick's Wren

Thryomanes bewickii

Bewick's
Wrens are a very tame wren of the southern and western
United States. The species used to be much more common in the eastern
United States, but it has disappeared from much of its former range there, for
unknown reasons. The Bewick's Wren generally migrates very short distances,
if at all, and is normally found well south and west of South Dakota. At
the printing of the South Dakota Ornithologist Union's
2002 book, "The
Birds of South Dakota", only one specimen had been recorded in the state. The
photo to the right is of a Nevada bird.